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Cage 14
Spokane Brewing and Malting Company, Spokane, Washington
Papers, 1891-1932.

ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION

The Spokane Brewing and Malting Company was founded 1900 in a merger / purchase of the Henco Brewery and the New York Brewery (both established in 1886). In 1902 the Galland-Burke Brewing and Malting Company was purchased by S.B. & M. All three breweries were operated, at least initially, as ranch breweries. The company remained in business until the mid-thirties when the assets were sold to the Sicks-Rainier brewing interests of Puget Sound. Plant operations continued until 1962.

A brief history of the company, partly based on these papers, is George Vinal Smith's History of Spokane Brewing and Malting Company, Spokane, Washington, 1887-1916. Unpublished master's thesis, Washington State University, 1967.

The records of the Spokane Brewing and Malting Company, and its predecessors, include correspondence, ledgers, brewing records, invoices, orders, receipts, and other papers. Ledgers and letterbooks of the three predecessor companies have been separated from this accession: Henco Brewery, Cage 1; New York Brewery, Cage 7; and the Galland-Burke Brewing and Malting Company, Cage 13. This part of the accession consists of two series, ledgers and letterbooks of the Spokane Brewing and Malting Company, 1900-1922; and correspondence of the Spokane Brewing and Malting Company and its predecessors, 1891-1932.

CONTAINER LIST

Container	Description
Series 1: Ledgers and Letterbooks
	Receipt ledgers, 1909-1912. (Items 1-5)
1.	Cash books, 1909-1912. Items 6-14)
2.	Cash books, 1907-1919. (Items 11-17)
3.	Cash books, 1903-1907. (Items 18-24)
4.	Cash books, 1903-1905. (Items 25-29)
	Time books, 1902-1906. (Item 30)
	Record ledger, 1903-1905. (Item 32)
	Journal, July, 1900. (Item 33)
5.	Letterbooks, 1900-1904. 4 v. (Item 34)
6.	Letterbooks, 1904-1906. 3 v. (Item 35)
7.	Letterbooks, 1906-1907. 2 v. (Items 36-37)
	Sales record, 1902-1905. (Item 38)
	Cash book, 1902-1903.(Item 40)
8.	Checkbooks, 1915-1922. 7 v.
	Collectors Cash report, 1902-1903.
Series 2: Correspondence
9.	January 1891-December 1892
10.	January 1893-September, 1896
11.	October, 1896-May, 1897
12.	June, 1897-March, 1898
13.	March, 1898-March, 1899
14.	April, 1899-December, 1899
15.	January-August, 1900
16.	September, 1900-April, 1901
17.	May, 1901-October, 1901
18.	November, 1901-April, 1902
19.	May, 1902-August, 1902
20.	September, 1902-October, 1902
21.	November, 1902-January, 1903
22.	January-March, 1903
23.	April-July, 1903
24.	August-November, 1903
25.	December, 1903-March, 1904
26.	March, 1904-June, 1904
27.	June, 1904-September, 1904
28.	September, 1904-December, 1904
29.	January-March, 1905
30.	April-June, 1905
31.	July-September, 1905
32.	October-December, 1905
33.	January-March, 1906
34.	April-June, 1906
35.	July-August, 1906
36.	August-September, 1906
37.	October-November, 1906
38.	November-December, 1906
39.	January--March, 1907
40.	April-June, 1907
41.	July-August, 1907
42.	September-October, 1907
43.	November-December, 1907
44.	January-March, 1908
45.	April-June, 1908
46.	July-September, 1908
47.	October-December, 1908
48.	January-March, 1909
49.	April-May, 1909
50.	June-July, 1909
51.	August-September, 1909
52.	October-December, 1909
53.	January-February, 1910
54.	March-April, 1910
55.	May-June, 1910
56.	June-July, 1910
57.	August-September, 1910
58.	October-November, 1910
59.	November-December, 1910
60.	January-March, 1911
61.	April-May, 1911
62.	June-July, 1911
63.	July-August, 1911
64.	September-October, 1911
65.	November-December, 1911
66.	January-March, 1912
67.	April-May, 1912
68.	June-July, 1912
69.	July-August, 1912
70.	September-November, 1912
71.	November-December, 1912
72.	Invoices and vouchers from Beer Sales January-June, 1913
73.	Invoices and vouchers from Beer Sales July-December, 1913
74.	January-Februany, 1913
75.	March-April, 1913
76.	May-June, 1913
77.	July, 1913
78.	August, 1913
79.	September-October, 1913
80.	November-December, 1913
81-83	Beer invoices and vouchers, January-December, 1914
84.	January-February, 1914
85.	March-April, 1914
86.	May-June, 1914
87.	June-July, 1914
88.	August-September, 1914
89.	October-December, 1914
90.	Beer invoices and vouchers, January-May, 1915
91.	Beer invoices and vouchers, June-December, 1915
92.	January-March, 1915
93.	March-April, 1915
94.	May-June, 1915
95.	July-August, 1915
96.	September-October, 1915
97.	November-December, 1915
98.	January-June, 1916 (city orders, August-December, 1916)
99.	July-August, 1916
100.	September-October, 1916
101.	November-December, 1916
102.	January-December, 1917 (city orders)
103.	January-March, 1917
104.	April-May, 1917
105.	June-July, 1917
106.	July-August, 1917
107.	August-September, 1917
108.	September-October, 1917
109.	November-December, 1917
110.	January-April, 1918
111.	May-July, 1918
112.	August-December, 1918
113.	January-May, 1919
114.	June-August, 1919
115.	September-December, 1919
116.	January-June, 1920
117.	July-December, 1920
118.	January-June, 1921
119.	July-December, 1921
120.	January-June, 1922
121.	July-September, 1922
122.	October-December,1922
123.	January-May, 1923
124.	June-August, 1923
125.	September-December, 1923
126.	January-May, 1924
127.	June-August, 1924
128.	September-December, 1924
129.	January-June, 1925
130.	July-December, 1925
131.	January-July, 1926
132.	August-December, 1926
133.	January-December, 1927
134.	January-December, 1928
135.	January, 1929-December, 1932
136-139.	Receipts and vouchers from architect and contractors for building construction, ca. 1907-1911
140.	Undated
141.	Ledger, 1900-1901, and 3 indexes (ADDED MARCH, 1975)